3A Indoor State Championship

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Marvin Ridge claims both the boys' and girls' team titles, winning 56-50 over Terry Sanford and 64-44 over Cardinal Gibbons.

Girls' MVP Blake Dodge (West Carteret) won the 1600 in 5:08.12 and the 1000 in 2:58.25 NC #1 US #21, plus she anchored the winning 4x800 (9:59.30) and split sub-59 while going from 5th to 2nd on the anchor of the 4x400 (4:15.27).

1A/2A Indoor State Championship

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The Cummings girls win 64-60 over Monroe, while North Brunswick's boys scored 53 to defeat Currituck County by 12.

Girls MVP Malia Ellington (Community School of Davidson) anchored her team to 4th place in the 4x800, then set about winning all the rest of the distance races. Despite having very short turnaround between events, she produced excellent times of 4:58.43, 2:59.72, and 11:27.96.

Boys MVP Isaiah Moore (Cummings) won the 55 hurdles (7.55) and the long jump (23' 0.5"), and he also finished second in the high jump (6' 6"). He was credited with 42' 11" in the triple jump in the results, but there is still a question pending about that.

Reneazia Collins (Monroe) won the 55 Dash (7.24) and the 500 (1:19.09), and she also finished second in the 55 Hurdles (8.44). Unfotunately, due to the brutally fast pace of the meet, she was forced to run the 300 only 15 minutes after the 500, and was unable to perform up to her standards. This may have cost Monroe the team title, but there is no way to know that for sure.

Hunter Welborn (Starmount) jumped 5' 6" to win the high jump, equaling her NC #2 mark. Then she posted a new PR of 36' 5" in the triple jump, taking a second win.

Kayla Moore (Cummings) jumped 18' 3" NC #2 to win the long jump, and she claimed the 55 Hurdles title by running a new PR of 8.20 US #20. She also finished 4th in the 300, though she did not score in the triple jump.

Alex Cooke (North Surry) joined the 40-foot club while winning the shot put. Her final mark was 40' 7.75".

4A Indoor State Championship

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Parkland's girls ended the Wakefield streak by winning 51-49 over the Wolverines, with Cary 3rd after scoring 44. Knightdale pulled away late to a dominant score of 80, while Mount Tabor needed a strong 4x400 showing to take second place away from Mallard Creek, 43-41.

Ama-Selina Tchume (Wakefield) earned MVP honors by winning the 300 in 39.21 NC #1 US #6 NC #4 all-time, as well as finishing second in the 55 Dash (7.06 NC #2 US #11 NC #14 all-time) and the long jump (18' 3" NC #2).

Kimani Hoffman (Knightdale) was the boys' MVP after winning the long jump in 22' 11" NC #2 US #16 and the triple jump in 48' 1". He also finished 5th in the 55 dash with a time of 6.56, and ran 36.96 in the 300 before his winning triple jump attempt.

Nevada Mareno (Leesville Road) continued her amazing freshman year by outdueling Casey Greenwalt (T. C. Roberson) in the girls' 1000. Mareno's time of 2:56.24 is NC #1, US #10, and NC #2 all-time. Greenwalt earned NC #2, US #11, and NC #3 all-time.

Wyatt Maxey (Providence) became the new state leader in the 1000 after running 2:30.06 NC #1 US #17 NC #4 all-time. The only downside is that he was so agonizingly close to breaking 2:30!

Blair Ramsey (Grimsley) became the third North Carolina girl to break 5 minutes for the 1600 this winter, winning with a 4:59.41 NC #2 US #22 NC #8 all-time. Grace Sullivan (Providence) improved to 5:02.07 NC #5 NC #12 all-time.

Ian Milder (Mount Tabor) was able to cruise a bit in the 1600 and still win in 4:21.63, which allowed him to save energy for the 3200. There, he battled the whole race with William Roberson (Broughton) and Patrick Sheehan (Lake Norman) before winning by 0.05 in a time of 9:18.76 NC #1 US #15 NC #19 all-time. Roberson's 9:18.81 is NC #2 US #16 NC # 20 all-time.

6 of the top 7 times in the 300 state rankings came from the 4A girls' meet, giving NC 7 of the top 25 times in the nation! Ebony Williams (Parkland) ran 39.77 NC #3 US #10 NC #9 all-time, with teammate Katlyn Sherman right behind in 39.83 NC #4 US #13 NC #10 all-time. Freshmen Tamara Clark (High Point Central, 40.24 US #18 NC #19 all-time) and Charla Ward (Ragsdale, 40.26 US #20 NC #22 all-time) showed that North Carolina will continue to have sprint stars for several years, while Jacklyn Howell (Southeast Raleigh) gave us a hint of just how fast her 300 hurdles could be in the spring by running 40.28 US #21, NC #25 all-time).

Knightdale's boys closed out the meet with a 3:21.10 in the 4x400, good for NC #1 US #4. Their chief competitor, Southeast Raleigh, also improved by clocking 3:22.67 NC #2 US #10 NC #6 all-time, and South View ran 3:26.08 for NC #4 NC #12 all-time.

Cary's girls upped their season best in the 4x400 to 3:55.37 NC #3 US #9 NC #4 all-time. Sanderson (4:02.69 NC #4) and Southeast Raleigh (4:04.19 NC #5) also posted new season bests.

The girls' 4x800 lived up to its hype, and so did the Leesville Road girls, who ran 9:27.60 to earn NC #1 US #13 NC #3 all-time. Green Hope (9:36.49 NC #2), Cary (9:37.10 NC #3), and T. C. Roberson (9:38.20 NC #4 NC #6 all-time) all broke 9:40 for the first time this year.

Green Hope improved on their NC #1 time by running 8:01.62, which is also US #18 and NC #8 all-time. Knightdale capped off a dramatic two-week improvement in that event with a time of 8:03.56 NC #2 US #25, and Broughton ran 8:06.66 for NC #4 NC #13 all-time.

Marquavious Johnson (Knightdale) hit a new PR of 1:04.05 NC #1 US #2 NC #6 all-time while winning the 500, with Jamaree Murray (Southeast Raleigh) right behind in 1:04.36 NC #2 US #3 NC #8 all-time. Carlos Lawrence (Seventy-First) posted a huge improvement, running 1:05.56 to earn NC #4 US #12, while Henry Kiedy (Knightdale) finished the day ranked US #15 with his 1:05.74. Add in Marcell Johnson (Knightdale US #17) and David Conner (Southeast Raleigh US #18), and North Carolina has 9 of the top 20 marks in the nation!

The girls also excelled in the 500, led by Layla White (Cary) and her 1:15.12 NC #1 US #2. Teammate Lakeisha "Mimi" Warner finished third in 1:16.59, putting her at NC #3 US #12 NC #16 all-time. Erin Morrison (Parkland) also improved, breaking 1:17 for the first time to earn NC #4 US #14 NC #18 all-time. Southeast Raleigh's Jasmine Allen rounded out the nationally-ranked performances with her 1:17.42 NC #5 US #17.